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Photograph 020333 Second World War, 1939-1945This machine was used for purifying water used in the operating theatre at the 2/4th Australian General Hospital, Tobruk.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
This portable generator was used to supply electrical power to the operating theatre and x-ray plant at the 2/4th Australian General Hospital, Tobruk. The electrician is seen regulating the machine.
This machine was used for purifying water used in the operating theatre at the 2/4th Australian General Hospital, Tobruk.

ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-01. STAFF-SERGEANT A. BRADEN X-RAYING A PATIENT AT 109 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL WITH THE PORTABLE X-RAY MACHINE. THE PORTABLE APPARATUS IS USED WHEN THE PATIENT (S

The “Autoclave” at the 2/4th Australian General Hospital, Tobruk. This machine was used for the sterilisation of dressings used in the operating theatre. It was thrown overboard from a shipwreck and

Tobruk, Libya. 1941-07. The operating theatre of the 2/4th Australian General Hospital, in which all major surgical operations from the Tobruk fortress were performed during the period April-September

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-25. QX38750 STAFF SERGEANT W.W. DROVER, X-RAY TECHNICIAN TESTING A NEW PORTABLE X-RAY MACHINE (SF 1 TYPE) BEING INSTALLED IN THE 2/11TH GENERAL HOSPITAL.

Watten, QLD, 1942. The operating theatre (left) and, connected to it, the X-Ray Department of the 2/2nd Australian General Hospital (2/2AGH). The operating theatre is built of corrugated iron, while t
